Black diamonds / Kim Kelly.

By: Kelly, KimMaterial type: TextTextPublication details: Sydney : Harper Collins, 2007Description: 496 p. ; 24 cmContent type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9780732284138 (pbk) :; 0732284139 (pbk) :Subject(s): World War (1914-1918) | 1914 - 1918 | War stories, Australian | War stories | World War, 1914-1918 -- Fiction | Australian fiction | Historical fictionGenre/Form: War stories | War stories | Fiction. | War Stories. DDC classification: A823.4 LOC classification: PR8294.E575 | B52 2007
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An unforgettable story of love and war that will make you laugh and make you cry -- from a dazzling new talent. It is 1914 and Lithgow is booming. Daniel is a young German-Australian, a coalminer and a socialist; Francine is a bourgeois Irish Catholic princess, the too-good-for-this-place daughter of one of the mine's owners. When their paths collide, they fall in love despite themselves. But before their signatures on the marriage certificate are dry, World War I erupts, throwing in their path a new and much more terrifying obstacle. Against his principles but driven by a sense of solidarity, Daniel enlists; Francine, horrified, has no choice but to support him. As they hurtle towards a daunting world of war, separation and grief, the novel explores ideals of heroism and femininity, the thin line between courage and stupidity, and the resilience of individuals in a rapidly changing, uncertain world. Inspired by anecdotal accounts, letters, photographs, news clippings and diaries rather than 'official' histories, this is a moving story of a tumultuous period in our history -- and a wonderful celebration of the resilience of love, told with verve and a dash of humour.
Summary: It is 1914 and Lithgow is booming, Daniel is a young German- Australian, a coalminer and a socialist. Francine is the Irish- Catholic, too good for this place daughter of the mine's owner. When their paths collide, they fall in love despite themselves.
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An unforgettable story of love and war that will make you laugh and make you cry -- from a dazzling new talent. It is 1914 and Lithgow is booming. Daniel is a young German-Australian, a coalminer and a socialist; Francine is a bourgeois Irish Catholic princess, the too-good-for-this-place daughter of one of the mine's owners. When their paths collide, they fall in love despite themselves. But before their signatures on the marriage certificate are dry, World War I erupts, throwing in their path a new and much more terrifying obstacle. Against his principles but driven by a sense of solidarity, Daniel enlists; Francine, horrified, has no choice but to support him. As they hurtle towards a daunting world of war, separation and grief, the novel explores ideals of heroism and femininity, the thin line between courage and stupidity, and the resilience of individuals in a rapidly changing, uncertain world. Inspired by anecdotal accounts, letters, photographs, news clippings and diaries rather than 'official' histories, this is a moving story of a tumultuous period in our history -- and a wonderful celebration of the resilience of love, told with verve and a dash of humour.

It is 1914 and Lithgow is booming, Daniel is a young German- Australian, a coalminer and a socialist. Francine is the Irish- Catholic, too good for this place daughter of the mine's owner. When their paths collide, they fall in love despite themselves.

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